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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_181932" /> == | |||
<p> is the second division of the sacred writings of the Buddhists, addressed to the laity. The following will show how these sacred writings are classified: The Dharmma, divided into the Suttani and Abhidhammani; again divided into — 1. Winaya, or discipline; 2. Sutra, or discourses; 3. Abhidharmma, or pre-eminent truths. The [[Sutra]] Pitaka contains seven sections, called Sangis; and, including both text and commentary, has 396,500 stanzas. See Hardy, Eastern fonachism. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A collection of such aphorisms. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62599" /> == | |||
<p> is the second division of the sacred writings of the Buddhists, addressed to the laity. The following will show how these sacred writings are classified: The Dharmma, divided into the Suttani and Abhidhammani; again divided into '''''—''''' 1. Winaya, or discipline; 2. Sutra, or discourses; 3. Abhidharmma, or pre-eminent truths. The [[Sutra]] Pitaka contains seven sections, called Sangis; and, including both text and commentary, has 396,500 stanzas. See Hardy, Eastern fonachism. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_181932"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/sutra Sutra from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_62599"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/sutra Sutra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_62599"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/sutra Sutra from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
(2): ( n.) A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
(3): ( n.) A collection of such aphorisms.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is the second division of the sacred writings of the Buddhists, addressed to the laity. The following will show how these sacred writings are classified: The Dharmma, divided into the Suttani and Abhidhammani; again divided into — 1. Winaya, or discipline; 2. Sutra, or discourses; 3. Abhidharmma, or pre-eminent truths. The Sutra Pitaka contains seven sections, called Sangis; and, including both text and commentary, has 396,500 stanzas. See Hardy, Eastern fonachism.
